Match safe



May 11,1926. 1,584,288

. C. HAMMERGREN v MATCH SAFE Filed August 4. 1924 1 INVENTOR CARL. f/AMMERQREN ATTORNEYS CARL HA'IMIVEERGREN;*OF;VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

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Application-filed August; 54, #1924. Serial N'0; 730,03D."

My invention relates to. improvements .in'

match safes, the objects of which! areto provide means for-holding a match box and cover in a vertical positionnvithithe cover clevatcd above its nor-maLposition to! discharge the matches from-theboxinto a tray in which they are readily accessible, torpr ovide for the adjustment of the opening. be-- tween the endof the boxand the; cover, to

hold the box in firm contact with the tray,

to prevent theaccidental-removal of the cover therefrom, which would result in the spilling of the matches from the box, and further to provide a match safe which can be stamped out of a single piece of sheet material whereby the utmost economy in manufacture is obtainable.

The invention consists essentially of a match receiving tray having a vertical rear panel and a spring tongue which is adapted to hold the box in contact with the tray and to permit a predetermined sliding movement of the cover thereon, as will be more fully described in the following specification in which Fig. 1 is a sectional view of my invention taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 2.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the match safe.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the blank from which the match safe is formed.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The numeral 1 indicates a match receiving tray having a slotted and sloping front wall 2, a pair of side walls 3 and a rear panel 4:. The side walls 3 are carried down below the tray to form legs 5 upon which the match safe is supported when used upon a table. The rear wall is pierced to form a spring tongue 6 which is outwardly curved at its upper extremity as at 7 so as to enter between the match box 8 and its cover 9 when inserting same within the safe.

A box retaining tongue 10 is pressed out of the upper extremity of the tongue 6 which projects downwardly and forwardly to engage the upper end of the match box 8 when in place for the purpose of holding its lower end in contact with the tray 1. The upper extremity of the rear panel 4; is pierced to form an aperture 11 by which the safe may be suspended from a nail. The material pressed out of the panel is bent back upon itself and its outer end projected forwardly .of theplane of the-panel s0 .asatov formla stop .12 for. the purpose-of preventing the raising of :the'cover 9 beyond; a PIQClQtQTL-g mmedpomt and to-keep ithe lowerrend' of 6 cover-within the OODfiHESDf the side walls 3 The blank shown ini l igurefi is provided with. Tclip extensions, on the sidesof the} front wall portion 2 wiich, after the blank.

. has been .bent supto the,desiredshape, are 6 projected. through corresponding slots 14: .in. the sideiwallsl3 andsare clippedover to. fasten the front and side walls'together. The dotted lines 15 indicate the lines upon wlpch the blank is bent to form the match sa e.

Having thus described the several parts of my invention I will now briefly explain its use.

A match box is inserted into the match safe by slipping the upper extremity 7 of the tongue 6 inside the cover 9 and under the bottom of the box 8 and thrusting both box and cover downwards until the lower end of the box touches the tray 1., and the upper end thereof becomes engaged by the retaining tongue 10, then raising the cover 9 until its upper end becomes looked under the stop 12 or until the aperture between the cover and the lower end of the box is sufficiently wide to discharge the requisite amount of matches into the tray 1.

When the match box is empty it suifices to depress the cover below the pointof the retaining stop, then with a forward and upward movement, whilst holding the safe, withdrawing the cover therefrom.

Subsequent to the withdrawal of the cover, the tilting of the safe in a forward direction will permit the match box to fall therefrom.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A match safe comprising a match receiving tray, a tongue extending vertically from the tray adapted for insertion between the match box and the match box cover, and means upon the tongue for hold ing the lower end of the match box in contact with the tray.

2. A match safe formed of a sheet metal blank having the side portions thereof bent forwardly to form the side walls of the safe, the central portion of the blank being formed with a lower extension bent for-' wardly and upwardly to form the bottom and front walls of a match receiving tray, the side walls of which are formed by the lower portions of the forwardly extending sides of the blank, said central portion of the blank being pierced to provide a vertically extending tongue adapted to be inserted between a match box and its cover to hold these parts in position to discharge matches into the match receiving tray.

3. A match safe comprising a tray equipped With a vertical tongue insertable between a match box and its cover, said tongue having a spring catch near its upper end adapted to engage the upper end of the match box to hold the lower end of said box down upon the tray, the cover of the box being movable vertically to permit escape of the matches from the lower end of the box.

4. The combination with the structure recited in claim 3 of the panel carried by the tray and equipped with a stop member near its upper end adapted to fit over the upper edge of the cover to limit upward movement of the latter.

5. A match safe comprising a tray, a panel extending above the tray, a tongue punched from said panel and insertable between a match box and its cover, a spring catch struck from the upper portion of the tongue adapted to engage the upper end of the match box to hold the lower end of the box down upon the tray and a hook member struck from the upper portion of the panel adapted to fit over the upper edge of the cover when the latter is moved upwardly on the match box to permitmatches to pass into the tray from the lower end of said box.

Dated at Vancouver, B. C., this 28th day of July, 1924.

CARL HAMMERGREN. 

